[Fwd: sound in CURRENT]

[Tim Robbins]

On Sat, Aug 21, 2004 at 09:24:11PM -0700, Sean McNeil wrote:
> On Sat, 2004-08-21 at 21:04, Tim Robbins wrote:
> > On Sat, Aug 21, 2004 at 01:37:01PM -0500, Conrad J. Sabatier wrote:
> > > On Sat, 21 Aug 2004 19:13:13 +0200
> > > Christer Solskogen <solskogen at carebears.mine.nu> wrote:
> > > 
> > > > -----Forwarded Message-----
> > > > > From: Christer Solskogen <solskogen at carebears.mine.nu>
> > > > > To: freebsd-current at freebsd.org
> > > > > Subject: sound in CURRENT
> > > > > Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2004 16:26:03 +0200
> > > > > 
> > > > > FreeBSD funshine.carebears.net 5.3-BETA1 FreeBSD 5.3-BETA1 #1: Sat
> > > > > Aug 21 15:51:04 CEST 2004    
> > > > > root at funshine.carebears.net:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/FUNSHINE  amd64
> > > > > 
> > > > > I cant get sound working on my SB Live. 
> > > > > I have the following in kernel config:
> > > > > device          sound
> > > > > device          "snd_emu10k1"
> > > > > 
> > > > > It seems like I dont have any sound modules either in /boot/kernel
> > > > > (yeah, i know the modules are named snd_*)
> > > > > 
> > > > > (no need to CC: back to me. I`m subscribed)
> > > > 
> > > > Could this only be on amd64?
> > 
> > [long rant snipped]
> > 
> > It's unreasonable to claim that the whole sound system is broken on the
> > basis of one driver not working with your hardware -- I've had no problems
> > whatsoever with sound on my system, using both the onboard sound (VIA 8237/
> > Analog Devices AD1980 with the snd_via8233 driver) and an old Sound Blaster
> > Live! Value card (with the snd_emu10k1 driver).
> 
> Well he mentioned actually 2 different chip sets.  I do not know if they
> are the same driver, though.  I'm using the snd_via8233 as well and have
> terrible sound quality.  Have you played back mp3 files on that
> machine?  Do they sound good completely through?  Mine sounds hurried at
> times.  Like it is getting interrupts too soon.

MP3 files play back fine with XMMS, mpg123, and everything else I've tried.
The only time they don't is when WITNESS and INVARIANTS are both turned on
and the box is under heavy load (buildworld, portupgrade, etc.).


Tim